Section Newsletter Articles on Local Records Act

The Local Records Act and Destruction of Public RecordsBy Maryann BullionAdministrative Law, April 2008Have you ever deleted an e-mail or a computer file and thought nothing of it? Well, if one of your local government clients deletes an e-mail or throws away a file that contains information that should be considered a public record, they could be charged with a Class 4 felony.

The Local Records Act and Destruction of Public RecordsBy Maryann BullionLocal Government Law, March 2008If one of your local government clients deletes an e-mail or throws away a file that contains information that should be considered a public record, they could be charged with a Class 4 felony.

E-Mail Retention Policies and the Local Records ActBy Richard G. Flood and Jenette M. SchwemlerAdministrative Law, July 2007While many have leapt to the conclusion that the Local Records Act requires preservation of anything and everything dealing with public business that happens to enter or leave a municipally owned computer, reading the statute three times, as Supreme Court Justice John Roberts suggests, reveals a quite different intent.